The Enormous Crocodile Role-Play Level 3
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The Enormous Crocodile Role-play Level 3 Cast ? Narrator 1 Enormous Roly-Poly children girl Crocodile Bird ? Narrator 2 Trunky Muggle- boy Wump Work with the children to allocate characters and prepare a short performance. Discuss the stage directions in advance and make sure the children understand how to follow the script. (The Enormous Crocodile meets the Roly-Poly Bird.) Roly-Poly Bird: Hello there! We don’t often see you here in the jungle. Enormous Crocodile: Ah. I have clever ideas. Roly-Poly Bird: I hope they are nice ideas. Enormous Crocodile: Oh, yes! They’re very small and very sweet. They are the greatest things to eat! Roly-Poly Bird: I know! Fruit! Narrator 1: The Enormous Crocodile laughed. Enormous Crocodile: Crocodiles don’t eat fruit! We eat boys and girls! And Roly-Poly Birds, too! Narrator 2: He bit the bird’s tail, but the bird f lew out of the tree. Copyright © The Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd / Quentin Blake, 2020 Ltd / Quentin Blake, Story © The Company Dahl Copyright Roald page 1 The Enormous Crocodile Role-play Level 3 Narrator 1: The Enormous Crocodile came out of the jungle and went into a playground. Enormous Crocodile: Now, for Clever Idea Number One! Narrator 2: He found some wood, and he put it on the grass. Then, he got on it and stayed very straight. Narrator 1: When the children came out of school, they were excited. children: Look! A new see-saw! Enormous Crocodile: When a child sits on my head, I can eat their feet! Narrator 2: Then, Muggle-Wump ran out of the trees. Muggle-Wump: That’s not a see-saw! It’s the Enormous Crocodile, and he wants to eat you! Narrator 1: The children ran, and Muggle-Wump ran, too. Narrator 2: Now, the Enormous Crocodile was hungry. He came to a fair, and he saw a roundabout. Enormous Crocodile: Here’s Clever Idea Number Two! Narrator 1: When no one could see him, he went and stood on the roundabout. girl: I want to go on that horse! boy: I want to go on that old wooden crocodile. Narrator 2: Then, the Roly-Poly Bird f lew down. Copyright © The Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd / Quentin Blake, 2020 Ltd / Quentin Blake, Story © The Company Dahl Copyright Roald page 2 The Enormous Crocodile Role-play Level 3 Roly-Poly Bird: It isn’t a wooden crocodile. It’s the Enormous Crocodile, and he wants to eat you! Narrator 1: The children ran from the Enormous Crocodile. Narrator 2: Now, the Enormous Crocodile was VERY hungry. He came to a picnic place. Enormous Crocodile: Here’s Clever Idea Number Three! Narrator 1: He put some f lowers on a table and stood next to it like a bench. Narrator 2: Soon, four children came for a picnic. children: Let’s sit at the table with the f lowers! Narrator 1: Then, Trunky ran out of the jungle. Trunky: That isn’t a bench! It’s the Enormous Crocodile, and he wants to eat you! Narrator 2: The children ran from the Enormous Crocodile. Narrator 1: Trunky ran to the Enormous Crocodile. He held his tail and threw him around and around. Narrator 2: He threw him faster . and faster . Narrator 1: and FASTER. Narrator 2: Then, the Enormous Crocodile went up, up . Above the clouds, Past the moon. Past the stars. Narrator 1: He went into the sun and went BANG, like a hot sausage! Copyright © The Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd / Quentin Blake, 2020 Ltd / Quentin Blake, Story © The Company Dahl Copyright Roald page 3.